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Kondrakov, S. A. Longing for the Golden Age in George Moor’s Novel ‘Confession of a Young Man’

Abstract: Longing fo the Golden Age is becoming one of the most important elements of cultural reß ection at the turn of centuries. A bright example is a novel written by an English and Irish author George Moor (1852–1933) called ‘Confessions of a Young Man’ (written in 1888). Describing the years spent by the author in Paris, this novel raises a unique cultural issue depicted by Moor as longing for the lost harmony of abundant life free of the tyrany of time and morals.Being compared with the modern age, the Golden Age image acualizes the motive of ‘cultural unsatisfaction’ which allows to view ‘Confesssions of a Young Man’ in terms of Modern mythopoetics.


Keywords:

cultural studies, George Moor, culture, literature, symbolism, naturalism, decadance, modern, novel.


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